Mutant bacterial characterization research conducted by Lena Heung, Spring 1999 Honors Student (Ann Matthysse laboratory)
Undergraduate Research Symposium
John J. Koeppe Undergraduate Research Symposium
Friday, March 30, 2012
201 Coker Hall
| 8:00 am | Refreshments in 215 Coker Hall. |
| 8:40 am | Welcome Dr. Jeff Sekelsky, Chair of Biology Honors Committee Dr. William Kier, Chair of Department of Biology |
| Talk Session I | |
| 8:45 am | Brena Haughey Quantifying Gene Conversions in Fluorescently-Tagged Arabidopsis thaliana Pollen Tetrads. |
| 9:00 am | Adam Buckholz Comparative Genomics and Biochemical Analyses Reveal Mechanism and Residue Dependence for Activation in Trichomonas vaginalis Heterotrimeric G proteins. |
| 9:15 am | Will Bradford The Evolution and Regulation of Self-activating G-alphas in Trichomonas vaginalis. |
| 9:30 am | Connie Tran Gαi-Mediated Signaling in Blood Vessel Morphogenesis. |
| 9:45 am | Jeff Morrison VEGF Pathway and the Development of the Collateral Circulation. |
| 10:00 am | Break – refreshments in Coker 215. |
| Talk Session II | |
| 10:30 am | Spencer Scheidt Range Expansion and Population Dynamics of an Invasive Species, The Eurasian Collared-Dove. |
| 10:45 am | Briana Whitaker Host Nutrient Status Stimulates Viral Pathogen Production. |
| 11:00 am | Josh Dilley The Effect of Spea bombifrons Density on Hybridization. |
| 11:15 am | Lindsay Ross The Occurrence of Introgression in Spadefoot Toads at Different Pond Depths. |
| 11:30 am | Rebecca Flint Characterization of Mucosally-Adherent Escherichia coli in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients. |
| Noon | Light lunch served in Coker 215. |
| 12:30 pm | Poster Session (Coker Hall Lobby) |
| Kaiwen Guo Effects of the Inhibition of mTor by Rapamycin on Differentiation of Th-9 Helper T-cells. |
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| Rashi Kabra The Impact of Centrosome Over-Duplication on Tumor Vessel Development. |
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| Erin Spence The Role of VEGF and Flt-1 in Blood Vessel Formation in the Mouse Allantois. |
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| Joshua Thompson Functional Role of Pecam-1 in Tumor Angiogenesis and Vascular Mimicry. |
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| Talk Session III | |
| 1:00 pm | Frank Mu Determining the mechanism of APC’s cytoskeletal function in the Drosophila embryo. |
| 1:15 pm | Devin Holland A Test of the Hypothesis that Drosophila MEI-218 Evolved to Fill the Functional Niche of MSH4–MSH5 in Meiotic Recombination. |
| 1:30 pm | Timothy Palpant Precise Nucleosome Spacing is Regulated by the High Mobility Group Proteins Nhp6a and Nhp6b in S. cerevisiae. |
| 1:45 pm | Derek Pinkerton Characterization of Plk4′s C-terminal Polo Box Domain. |
| 2:00 pm | Alex Loehr RIN4 in the Arabidopsis Immune Response. |
| 2:15 pm | Will Morrel Utilizing β-Hairpin Protectides to Build Long-Lived Reporters of Akt Activity. |
| 2:30 pm | Break – refreshments in Coker 215. |
| Talk Session IV | |
| 2:45 pm | Ana Corcimaru Analysis of Differentially Expressed APOE Blood Protein Isoforms as Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease. |
| 3:00 pm | Jessica Little Characterizing the Dynamics of Norepinephrine and Dopamine in Anxiety and Addiction. |
| 3:15 pm | Kevin Wood In Vivo Cerebral Blood Flow Modulation by Serotonin and Histamine in the Substantia Nigra and Nucleus Accumbens. |
| 3:30 pm | Laura Murphy The Role of PBRM1 and VHL Mutation in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma. |
| 3:45 pm | Cody Rigsbee The Role of Lyn Kinase in Human Cytomegalovirus Infection. |